Variation in verbal fluency: A latent variable analysis of clustering, switching, and overall performance

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-466

  Unsworth, Nash ^a   Spillers, Gregory J ^a   Brewer, Gene A ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Individual differences; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951972577     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.505292     Document Type: Article

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